The Body

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"The Body" is a coming-of-age novella by Stephen King, best known as the basis for the 1986 film "Stand by Me."

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The Body canonical 5
"The Body" (mentioned) 1

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instanceOf coming-of-age story
novella
adaptedInto Stand by Me
author Stephen King
authorGenre Stephen King
surface form: Stephen King is primarily known as a horror writer
centralTheme death
friendship
loss of innocence
memory
collectionSection Fall from Innocence
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Rob Reiner
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1986
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Bruce A. Evans
Raynold Gideon
filmAdaptationStars Corey Feldman
Jerry O’Connell
surface form: Jerry O'Connell

Kiefer Sutherland
River Phoenix
Wil Wheaton
filmAdaptationTitle Stand by Me
firstPublicationYear 1982
genre coming-of-age
drama
horror
hasFictionalLocation Castle Rock, Maine
literaryForm prose
mainCharacter Chris Chambers
Gordie Lachance
surface form: Gordon "Gordie" Lachance

Teddy Duchamp
Vern Tessio
medium print
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Gordie Lachance
surface form: Gordon "Gordie" Lachance
notableFor being the basis for the film Stand by Me
originalLanguage English
partOf Different Seasons
plotSummary Four boys go on a journey to find the body of a missing boy near their town.
protagonistGroup four 12-year-old boys
publishedIn Different Seasons
publisher The Viking Press
surface form: Viking Press
relatedWorkByAuthor Apt Pupil
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film)
surface form: Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

The Breathing Method
setInFictionalTown Castle Rock, Maine
timePeriodSetting 1960

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Stand by Me basedOn The Body
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine appearsIn The Body
this entity surface form: "The Body" (mentioned)